That young kid should be enjoying this one special night that they'll remember for the rest of their life, not buried in their phone screen working on something.

I hope whatever they were doing didn't take long, and they were able to put the phone away and make some lifelong memories <3

[–] dullbananas@lemmy.ca 127 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Don't worry, this was the funnest thing to do before enough people showed up

Also, prom is not a freaking sacrament

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 97 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Prom is really not all that special, it's a formal for high-schoolers. I could barely remember mine by the time I finished college

[–] Cheesus@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Prom is definitely something the media pushes to be more important that it is in reality. It's fun, I liked going, but after high school it's pretty meaningless.

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

You have to remember how many people peaked in highschool, married their highschool girlfriend, never went to college, had kids in their early 20s, etc. Not saying any of those things are bad, but highschool can be pretty definitive for some people.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

"The Media" is at fault!

CNN is Big Prom!

[–] NateSwift@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

“The Media” as in Disney and Warner more than news imho

[–] Syn_Attck@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago

Should have been obvious considering the number of movies (especially 90s and early 2000s) that revolve around some big activity that must happen before/during/after prom.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, some people peak in high-school so it depends.

[–] MinFapper@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Kid who's already maintaining production software definitely won't peak in high school.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago

I wasn't talking about them. I was talking about people who put so much importance in prom.

[–] dullbananas@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

I will peak in the beatific vision

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 20 points 6 months ago

Hell, nobody in my class cared about it after a week.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I skipped mine to go to a music festival instead. I've never once regretted it lmao

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago

I skipped mine because they would have bullied the fuck out of me.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 months ago

My high school didn't have one on account of being a small alternative school. But, given the option, music festival would have been much more memorable.

[–] gaael@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Might this have something to do with alcohol and other drugs abuse in college? /j

[–] fauxerious@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

Lifelong memories? Bruh I barely even remember prom. There are so many poignant memories that outshine that and I’m barely 31

🤣

Point is: leave OP alone, they’ll be fine :)

[–] coolfission@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

I didn't even get to experience Prom cause it got canceled due to COVID

[–] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago

Meh prom is not that special. If I knew I would have rather spent my time programming or playing